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Eric Glenn, The Gamecock's A
sistant Photography Editor, rece
tly visited the Act One Theatre
production of "A Company
Wayward Saints" at the Heywa,
Moore Fine Arts Center in We
Columbia. He brought back tl
following report on the actir
group.
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play in West Columbia that
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By STEPHEN BROWN
Staff Writer
While other students were relax
ing at home during Christma
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bate prepared for their spring sea
son competition.
The team, which is funded b;
the College of Theatre, Speech an<
Dance, competes only durin;
spring semesters because of a tigh
budget.
"The team forfeited a Christma
break to prepare for the sprinj
topic. The team knows that if yoi
take a break, you lose your chance
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n- pany of Wayward Saints." I drt
's up and the building housing 1
of One Theatre looked like a sm
rd congregation's church.
st The inside was equally uni
he pressive, with folding chaifs an(
ig stage that was bare save a cou]
of chairs, a table and a screen.
;le I settled in and looked throu
I the program, noticing two c;
Debate
aters find hitting
You're out of it," coach Dr. Da1
- Berube said. "After school
sumed, we were on the road for
s days."
- As an affiliate of the natioi
Cross-Examination Debate Asso
ation, Carolina Debate competes
y major universities where 40 to
d teams vie to be the best. T
g spring s topic aeais witn aaveri
it ing's corrosive effect on society.
"Debate is the only activity
s which you spend 99 percent of
g time researching and understand]
u and 1 percent of the time actua
competing," varsity debater Jas
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;ene from Act One Theatre's producl
members who are USC gradua
students. Blake Smith is in Heal
Administration and Jennifer Pelu
is earning a master's degree in th
ater. But all in all, I was not fam
iar with the cast, or the play f
that matter.
m- The stage lights came up ai
)ve the play started. It was a story
^ct nine actors who have grown wea
iall of one another. When the oppc
tunity arises for them to go horr
m- they jump at it, setting the premi
la of the story.
pie The first act is comedy wi
sprinkles of drama. It's humoro
gh as it portrays actors playing actc
ist who overact. The scenes are funn
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it makes me a more confidei
rial public speaker. In addition, you gi
>ci- to travel all over the countr
at meeting students and professoi
60 from other colleges," fellow va
his sity debater Tracy McDonald said
Us- "Carolina Debate is the onl
team that competes against Clen
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the UCLA and comes up winning e\
ing ery time," Boan added,
lly "It's no halfway commitment,
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lion of "A Company of Wayward S
ite but also sad. All of the charact
th want to work together so they (
so go home, but their egos previ
e- them from cooperating.
ii- m intermission 1 was comic
or able with the idea I had the secc
act figured out. Yet, I proved c
ad tics don't know everything. I <
of pected the second act to be coi
ry cal. And it was ? in places. I
>r- on the whole, it was more dramt
ie, cally moving. By the end, you
se joiced in the actors' rediscovery
themselves,
th The extraordinary aspect of I
us play is the range of the actors' p
>rs formances, from slapstick come
iy, to compelling drama in the coui
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r- offer such a powerful resear
base and such deep commitment,
y Berube, who coached the 19
l- national champions in Utah, sa
d "There's no reason USC can't
f- tne national champion. We ne
adequate funding to compete ye
round."
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ers of one' scene.
;an In the second act Peluso gives
ent marvelous performance with Dav
Holland as two kids in Mississipf
>rt- The latitude they show
>nd remarkable.
'ri- As the scene progresses, they c
-x" the one thing that proves tl
play'a merit. They make you b
lieve. They make you believe yc
iti- are actually in Mississippi watcl
re- ing two kids discuss the trials <
of childhood on a riverbank.
The Droduction of "A Cnmnnt
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die of Wayward Saints" continue
er~ through Feb. 1. For more informi
dy lion, call the Act One Theatre <
rse 796-7550.
ch pus tournament last September
gain notice among university 6
85 bate programs and raise funds 1
id, travel.
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ed has traveled by van to Oklahorr
jar Texas, Missouri and Utah. Ci
rently they are preparing for n
m- tionals in Arlington, Texas,
Peace Cor]
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If I Ever Get
Back to Jaw-Ja
Lewis Grizzard brought his outrageous
humor to the Koger Center
Tuesday night.
I seemed to be the only college
student among the packed house of
nldf?r Histinpnished-lookincr inHivi.
duals who were eagerly anticipating
Grizzard's appearance.
Grizzard's experience with two
heart surgeries and three divorces
gives him a perspective that
reaches everyday folks.
The lights dimmed before the
audience was entertained by a
piano and guitar duet called the
"Lewis Grizzard Trio." Musicians
rocked the house with such folkrock
songs as "I'd rather go back
to the beach with Willie than over
the bridge with Ted."
a Then the best-selling author and
id humorous commentator strolled on
)i. the stage after being introduced
i s like a heavyweight boxing champ.
During part of the show, he 1amlo
basted Japan's Yoshio Sakurauchi,
le saying, "We Southerners may be
e- slow and illiterate, but we smart
)u enough to build one a 'dem atomic
h- bombs. I'll tell you that!"
3f For more than two hours Grizzard,
a former newspaper sports
ly editor, roused the audience to its
*.s feet, cheering and laughing with
i- jokes about conservative values
2t and Jaw-Ja (Georgia) philosophy.
In his own irreverent style, he
? took potshots at Democrats, redneck
foreplay and Olympic Stocks'
car Racing.
He didn't hide his feelings for
USC as he weaved the following
, tale...
("Stormin Norman" accidentally
set free a genie who granted him
three wishes. Schwartzkopf pulled
out a map of the Middle East and
asked that peace be brought to the
area. The genie said "That's a tall
order! I don't know if I can do
^ that! What's yer second wish?"
to Schwartzkopf asked that USC's
[e- football team go 11-0 and defeat
or Notre Dame in a bowl game. The
genie said "Lemme see that map,
im again!"
ia> The Grizzard Trio gave the
ir_ crowd another performance with
a_ Grizzard on lead vocals singing
gospel hymns and songs about bittersweet
childhood memories. The
I concert was not unlike a Southern
Baptist Revival in which "Brother
Grizzard's" sermon, laced with red
clay and sandhills humor, brought
home, to the audience the realities,
joys and disappointments of everyday
life.
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South Carolina
January 30
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January 31
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